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Paumacariya 116

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116.1

Then that bull among sages, when the second day had passed, / steadfast and profound, his mind filled with spiritual urgency, took a special resolve:

116.2

"If alms should be [obtained] here in the great forest at the proper place and time, / then I shall accept them; I will not enter a village."

116.3

Now, while the severe special vow of the ascetic had thus been undertaken, / Pratīnandin, accompanied by his army, was dispatched in battle.

116.4

Mounted on horseback, accompanied by the circle of feudatories, / all his agitated people went along his path.

116.5

In the dense forest, the horse of King Pratīnandin, / galloping with great speed, plunged into the bank of a lake.

116.6

Then the mounted men arrived, and saw that excellent horse / stuck in the deep mud and having reached the state of death.

116.7

Having brought down the horse, the warriors said to the lord of men:
"In this way, you have shown us a lake filled with delight!"

116.8

A short time later, the army camp of the king arrived;
it was all swiftly encamped on the bank of that very lake.

116.9

Then that bull among men, accompanied by his soldiers, bathed in the pure water;
his limbs adorned with ornaments, he sat down pleasantly for his meal.

116.10

Meanwhile, Baladeva entered the encampment at the hour of seeking alms,
and seen by the king, he was bowed to with an agitated mind.

116.11

Upon a spot of ground swept clean, smeared, and strewn with lotuses,
right there the king respectfully placed that foremost of sages.

116.12

Taking the excellent food, the king, with his joy-filled entourage,
joyfully gave Padma food abundant with milk-rice and other delicacies.

116.13

Recognizing the giver to be endowed with virtues such as faith, the foremost gods
showered a rain of jewels, accompanied by fragrant water and fragrant blossoms.

116.14

And drums sounded in the firmament, proclaiming: "Oh, what a gift!"
The gods and celestial nymphs commenced singing and instrumental music.

116.15

In this manner, when the meal to break the fast was completed, the king, Padma's peer,
together with his attendants, repeatedly bowed [to him] with a purified mind.

116.16

Having obtained worship from the gods, the minor vows of the sages were bestowed [upon him];
Pratinandin became pure of mind and devoted to the Jina's doctrine.

116.17

Rāma too, endowed with the ten thousand practices of good conduct adhering to the scripture,
wandered with a pure body, blazing forth like a second sun.

116.18

Thus ends the one hundred and sixteenth section in the Paümacariya, titled 'Description of the Praise of Giving'.

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